Atypical interoception as a common risk factor for psychopathology: A review

TY - JOUR

T1 - Atypical interoception as a common risk factor for psychopathology

T2 - A review

AU - Brewer, Rebecca

AU - Murphy, Jennifer

AU - Bird, Geoffrey

N1 - Funding Information: RB is supported by a New Investigator Grant from the Medical Research Council ( MR/S003509/1 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/11

Y1 - 2021/11

N2 - The inadequacy of a categorial approach to mental health diagnosis is now well-recognised, with many authors, diagnostic manuals and funding bodies advocating a dimensional, trans-diagnostic approach to mental health research. Variance in interoception, the ability to perceive one's internal bodily state, is reported across diagnostic boundaries, and is associated with atypical functioning across symptom categories. Drawing on behavioural and neuroscientific evidence, we outline current research on the contribution of interoception to numerous cognitive and affective abilities (in both typical and clinical populations), and describe the interoceptive atypicalities seen in a range of psychiatric conditions. We discuss the role that interoception may play in the development and maintenance of psychopathology, as well as the ways in which interoception may differ across clinical presentations. A number of important areas for further research on the role of interoception in psychopathology are highlighted.

AB - The inadequacy of a categorial approach to mental health diagnosis is now well-recognised, with many authors, diagnostic manuals and funding bodies advocating a dimensional, trans-diagnostic approach to mental health research. Variance in interoception, the ability to perceive one's internal bodily state, is reported across diagnostic boundaries, and is associated with atypical functioning across symptom categories. Drawing on behavioural and neuroscientific evidence, we outline current research on the contribution of interoception to numerous cognitive and affective abilities (in both typical and clinical populations), and describe the interoceptive atypicalities seen in a range of psychiatric conditions. We discuss the role that interoception may play in the development and maintenance of psychopathology, as well as the ways in which interoception may differ across clinical presentations. A number of important areas for further research on the role of interoception in psychopathology are highlighted.

KW - Comorbidity

KW - Interoception

KW - Interoceptive accuracy

KW - Psychopathology

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85113700901

U2 - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.07.036

DO - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.07.036

M3 - Review article

C2 - 34358578

AN - SCOPUS:85113700901

SN - 0149-7634

VL - 130

SP - 470

EP - 508

JO - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

JF - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

ER -